Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Practice Nurse

Grade: According to experience

Accountable to: GP Principal, reporting to Practice Manager

JOB PURPOSE

To promote the mental, physical and emotional health of the Practice population

To assess the health needs of the Practice population

To provide and maintain a high standard of care for the Practice population

To be an effective member of the Primary Healthcare Team and to link with other organisations and disciplines in the development of services

DIMENSIONS

Service development

Clinical Practice development

Clinical practice

1. Service development

To work collaboratively with other members of the nursing team to influence and implement policy and change in the Practice

To maintain an awareness of changing services needs within the scope of services in Primary Care, the Trust and Social Services

2. Management

To be responsible for the effective use of resources within the sphere of responsibility

To ensure the maintenance of accurate and up to date manual and electronic records, as well as collecting and recording activity monitoring data, care aims and other contractual requirements

3. Clinical

To adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice

To further develop practice through continuing education which will benefit service delivery and meet educational requirements

To provide nursing advice and to be a resource of best practice for the team

To assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate clinical work carried out to ensure effective care delivery in the partnership with clients and families/carers

To promote and advise on healthy lifestyles

To provide treatment room duties in line with competency e.g. Suture/clip removal, Basic & complex wound care, ECG. Phlebotomy, Urinalysis

To give vaccination as appropriate under patient group directions and to be responsible for the ordering of vaccines and their correct storage

To assist with monitoring and support of the management of patients with long-term conditions / to chronic diseases, using a holistic patient centred approach

To assist with the cervical screening programme

To administer prescribed drug therapy and ensure safe custody of drugs

To assist with Warfarin monitoring

To assist in the provision of minor surgery, coil and implant fittings

To assist with the co-ordination of Infection Control policy and audit.

To Chaperone patients when required

To provide training and supervision to junior members of nursing staff

To ensure confidentiality on all matters relating to patients and information obtained during the course of employment

To participate in the Practice/Trust/s staff development and performance management and supervision systems

OTHER DUTIES

To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibility and scale of the post

To have responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and others in the working environment, to follow safe working practice and to comply at all times with the Trust/Practice health and safety policy and procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registration

Desirable

• NMC Registration

Experience

Desirable

• Phlebotomy
• Complex Woundcare
• Travel vaccinations
• Diabetes care
• Prescribing
• Respiratory care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The House Partnership

Address

Greystone House Practice

99 Station Road

Redhill

RH1 1EB

Employer's website

https://www.greystonesurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)